PAC has for many years pioneered participatory approaches to social development in India across domains, including developing tools such as the " Climate Change Scorecard ", to measure indigenous adaptation to climate change in coastal villages, etc. We seek to extend this approach to further problems related to climate change and sustainability in India, with the objective of producing scalable knowledge through rigorous action research.
EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub have launched a first funding call inviting proposals from Early Career Researchers which offers a great opportunity to access support from the Supergen Hub.
To submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) please review the call documentation for further information including the link to the online submission form, the scope of the call, who is eligible to apply and how to register your interest.
The ugly beauty of simplicity Consider Bangladesh. By 2017 something short of 36% of the population was urbanized [i] , meaning that for the remaining rural 60%, life is hard, brutal and biomass dependent.
As a result, the length and breadth of Bangladesh is pockmarked with uncountable millions of primitive stoves, like the one in the photo. The enemy.
But for all the drudgery involved in collecting firewood...
Management and Specialist Grade 7, £40,792 to £48,677 (pro rata) per annum. Subject to annual pay award. In exceptional circumstances the University may offer a market supplement of up to £56,403 per annum.
Loughborough University, School of Social Sciences
INTERNATIONAL LIAISON MANAGER (MODERN ENERGY COOKING SERVICES PROGRAMME) Two posts, each full-time and fixed-term for two years (job-share and flexible working arrangements considered)
Following the successful award of the new GBP 39.8 million Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme from the UK Department for International Development, UK Aid, we are seeking to recruit...
The Royal Academy of Engineering accounces the Africa Prize for Engineering is open for applications.
The prize aims to stimulate, celebrate and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. Applications are invited from individuals or small team, living and working in sub-Saharan Africa. The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges,...
Several members of the LCEDN attended this event organised by the Carbon Trust in March.
The one-day event was convened on behalf of DfID and was dedicated to accelerating the transition between clean energy innovations and impact at scale, especially in Africa, through improved alignment of supportive policy and investment.
Modern Energy Cooking Services / Technology Research Innovation for International Development
This webinar is for anyone interested in learning more about the Modern Energy Cooking Services-Technology Research Innovation for International Development (MECS-TRIID) Challenge Fund competition.
This is a new initiative that enables the Modern Energy Cooking Services programme , funded by the Department for International Development, to pay towards early-stage research projects in support of innovative ideas or concepts that facilitate a...
South Asia workshop to increase community energy resilience held in Kathmandu.
26/03/2019
In February, a South Asia workshop was held in Kathmandu in Nepal as part of the Collaborations for Community Energy Resilience in Low-Income Countries project, a partnership between LCEDN and the Energy and Economic Growth Applied Research Programme (EEG*). Using a whole systems energy research approach, the project brings together social science...
University of Strathclyde & UK Low Carbon Energy for Development Network
LCEDN 8th Annual Conference 'Access and Waste: Two Sides of the Energy Access Coin'. Venue: The Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde.
There are still a few places left for the LCEDN 8th Annual Conference, co-organised by the University of Strathclyde and the LCEDN.
PLEASE REGISTER ASAP (see link below) to avoid disappoinment.
This two day conference takes a social systems approach to the dilemma of energy access and the resultant issue of waste...
